How do I test My Can 66 Carbon Filter to make sure im not getting a odor?

i was under the impression that using a carbon filter would eliminate the smell all together atleast make it to where u could hardly smell anything i have 60 plants going and in like 2 weeks im going to have a smell issue i want to kinda get it fixed before that happens lol..

it's like everything quality filters come at a higher price and even if you paid good money for it it's hit or miss with carbon filters dont buy your next one from the same shop!

if the carbon in the filter is not compact and full to the top air passes without being filtered. make shure the top with the filter exit with rivets is not leaking put duct tape or chrome metalic tape on the ridge just to be shure there's no leak on the filter if it's not going through the carbon it's not being filtered.

is cigarette smoke able to be filtered through a carbon filter? or is that smell to over powering for the filter cause that seems like the cigarette smoke smell would be more over powering then the smell of my plants?

yes it's supposed to filter any smell. cigarette ash trays with filters use carbon

oh yeah fresh air intake should be low not high in the top but it does not change anything for the smell

your 100 cfm fan and cooltube the ducting system connected to it is isolated from the grow room right?

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Originally Posted by backdraft31485

is cigarette smoke able to be filtered through a carbon filter? or is that smell to over powering for the filter cause that seems like the cigarette smoke smell would be more over powering then the smell of my plants?

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in my experience there is no smell more overpowering than flowering cannabis plants. You need to create a negative pressure in the room so that more air is going out than going in, Therefore all of the air must be filtered through the carbon before it is expelled from the room. Carbon filters work wonders, if its not working its not set up right.

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Originally Posted by backdraft31485

basically i have a 5 foot wide by 7 foot tall by 9 foot long room. hanging from the ceiling i have the can 66 filter with my 6 inch 440 cfm ho fan pulling air out of the room at the opposite end of the room out the top of the room just below that hole is a smaller fan pulling air back into the room.

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So this is just a filter/fan/and short piece of duct, straight out. Pretty foolproof. :thumbsup:

What type of fan is this smaller one?
I would just eliminate it. Your 440 is more than adequate to handle all the airflow this room needs.

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on the 600 watt hps i have a 100 cfm fan pushing air through the light and through duct work to a hole that leads to the outside of the room.

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Huh? Where is this air dumped? Outside? If it isn't running through the filter, it's gonna stink.

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when i leave the room and shut the room and stand infront of the vent duct that the carbon filter and fan is hooked to and have someone blow smoke through it i can smell it outside the room.

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A better test would be to leave a cigarette or incense burning in the room for a while. Blowing smoke through the filter concentrates the smoke in a much smaller area of the filter. Too much, forced into a small surface area will just pass too quickly to be adequately filtered.

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I have a switch that turns the fan on the filter up or down i have it set at 70% which is around 360 to 370 cfm and my filter at max is rated at 412 cfm. I just can't get the smell to fade that much its strong with the smoke i am wondering if my plant smell will be an issue? i was under the impression that using a carbon filter would eliminate the smell all together atleast make it to where u could hardly smell anything i have 60 plants going and in like 2 weeks im going to have a smell issue i want to kinda get it fixed before that happens lol..

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I think you'll be good. Your gonna be busy...60 plants in 45 square feet. :greenthumb: Sounds like work! :)

Wouldn't be a bad idea to keep a jar of the Ona fresh linen around, like CH mentioned. Takes care of those stray odors that waft around when you go in and out. I swear by the stuff. :thumbsup:

I'm sure the light/cooltube is not isolated from the growroom! air from the cooltube ducting system should intake freshair from outside the growroom and also exhaust hot air outside the growroom. that prevents hot air and odors from leaving the grow room!!!!